Monterey in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.6002, -121.8950
- Population
- 28 338
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3913 km away
- Same name
- 34 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Monterey, California, United States
Local time right now in Monterey, California, United States appears above, in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
Monterey, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Monterey
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Monterey.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:32 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:12 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 6:05 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Monterey right now
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Monterey and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01245
- 24465
- 38574
- 46960
- 71354
- 93940
- 93942
- 93943
- 93944
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in California
- Los Angeles 3 820 914
- San Diego 1 404 452
- San Jose 997 368
- San Francisco 827 526
- Fresno 542 107
- Sacramento 524 943
Other places named Monterey
- Monterey New South Wales, Australia
- Monterey Tennessee, United States
- Monterey Massachusetts, United States
- Monterey Louisiana, United States
- Monterey Indiana, United States
Same time zone — America/Los_Angeles
- Los Angeles United States
- San Diego United States
- San Jose United States
- San Francisco United States
- Seattle United States
- Portland United States
Nearby places
- New Monterey — 1.7 km
- Del Monte — 2.3 km
- Pacific Grove — 2.8 km
- Seaside — 4.0 km
- Sand City — 4.4 km
- Pacific Grove Acres — 4.5 km
About the time in Monterey
Every address in Monterey sits within one of 9 postal codes.
Hours in Monterey are kept by America/Los_Angeles, standing at UTC−8. Daylight saving observed: No.
Sunrise happens at 6:32 AM in Monterey today and sunset at 5:12 PM. That marks 10 h 40 min of daylight.
The clock does not change between Monterey, New Monterey and Del Monte.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Monterey follow?
- Local time in Monterey follows America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Monterey?
- No.
- Which time marks sunset in Monterey?
- 5:12 PM marks sunset.